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Film Director and Naam Thamizhar Party Founder Seeman was today arrested by the city police for allegedly making inflammatory speech ''aimed at inciting violence among religious groups.'' Police sources said Seeman was arrested at the Chennai Press Club where he came to address the media to explain his stand in the wake of cases registered against him.

Marriage certainly has brought luck to M.S. Dhoni. The Indian cricket captain has signed a whopping Rs 200 crore endorsement deal with a talent management company, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar in the corporate contract sweepstakes.

It is not without reason that Ban Ki Moon is being vilified for degrading his role as the custodian of world peace, not that other UN Secretary General’s have faired any better but it is becoming increasingly clear that the UN and its officials are becoming agents of Western imperialism.

Minister Wimal Weerawansa’a protest against the UN Secretary General and his aborted fast on to death, was ill planned, amateurish and strategically an embarrassment to Sri Lanka. While no one wishes the Minister to have carried out his fast on to death threat to fruition, he should have never started it in the first place if he felt it would not achieve his stated objective.

While the US leadership is desperate for peaceful resolution of Afghan imbroglio and a face-saving formula guaranteeing safe exit, it doesn’t have any road map. Half-baked plans lacking in sincerity of purpose are bound to boomerang.

The Royal Asiatic Society is inviting the public to participate in a symposium at the Mahaweli Centre, Colombo 07 on July 17 on the negative impact on Sri Lanka by promoting the Ramayana legend for tourism purposes.

Kollywood star Asin, who jumped the Tamil film industry ban to film personalities to visit Sri Lanka, was in Colombo for shooting of Hindi film “Ready.” On Sunday she also became the first film star from Kollywood in 30 years to set foot in Jaffna and Vavuniya, the land under control of LTTE.

Worried that the Dalai Lama’s remarks could play spoiler in the Indo-China talks, India is believed to have conveyed to the spiritual leader and the Tibetan government-in-exile not to go overboard while “making observations about China”.

As per a news item appeared in a local news paper last week, the Sri Lanka government strongly disputed a move by UNSG Ban-Ki-moon to link the closure of UNDP Regional Office in Colombo with the on-going dispute over his hotly disputed bid to delve into alleged war crime charges.

Foreign Minister S M Krishna will visit Pakistan from July 14 to work out the modalities of "restoring trust and confidence" in the relationship, thus paving the way for a "substantive dialogue" on issues of mutual concern.

The all-party meeting convened by the Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday appealed to all political parties irrespective of their affiliation to come forward and help in restoration of peace and normalcy in the state. The opposition PDP boycotted the meeting.
After a meeting that lasted over four hours, the meeting also decided to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and urged the government of India to strengthen the on-going peace process through internal and external dialogue.